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Landscaping Workforce Act of 2021
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H. R. 401 (Introduced-in-House)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 401


To amend the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to provide for the inclusion of certain workers in the exemption from numerical limitations on H–2B workers, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 21, 2021

Mr. Joyce of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to provide for the inclusion of certain workers in the exemption from numerical limitations on H–2B workers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Landscaping Workforce Act of 2021”.

SEC. 2. Inclusion of certain workers in exemption from numerical limitations on H–2B workers.

Section 14006 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287) is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 14006. The numerical limitation contained in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)) shall not apply to any nonimmigrant alien issued a visa or otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) who is employed (or has received an offer of employment) as a landscaping or groundskeeping worker (as the Bureau of Labor and Statistics defines such term under code 37–3011 for purposes of the Occupational Employment Statistics).”.